Cooney v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order denying him additional benefits for permanent partial disability for impairment due to chondromalacia, a disability not covered by standards existing at the time of the order on reconsideration. We reverse and remand.

Claimant suffered a compensable knee injury in 1986 and underwent three major surgeries. Because of the injury, he suffers chondromalacia of the patella. He was declared medically stationary on January 29, 1991. A determination order issued on August 28, 1991, did not make a separate award for that impairment. Claimant…